{"id":13908,"date":"2020-05-11T14:12:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T12:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winebus.es\/?p=13908"},"modified":"2020-09-08T11:50:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T09:50:44","slug":"best-hotels-in-ribera-del-duero-el-lagar-de-isilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winebus.es\/en\/2020\/05\/11\/best-hotels-in-ribera-del-duero-el-lagar-de-isilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Best hotels in Ribera del Duero? El Lagar de Isilla"},"content":{"rendered":"
I have a deep admiration<\/strong>\u00a0for Jose Zapatero, the owner of\u00a0El Lagar de Isilla<\/a>.\u00a0His passion<\/strong>\u00a0for his work, for work so many hours without thereby losing the enthusiasm and passion.<\/p>\n He told us not long ago the story of the transition from the old El Lagar de Isilla<\/strong>, in the pedestrian area of Aranda de Duero, to the winery they made in la Vid y Barrios, 12 miles from Aranda de Duero (which is 100 miles from Madrid).<\/p>\n He commented in a very funny way that the situation was awesome in the old Lagar, because more they sold, more they lost. So, they had to move. They were forced to build a new winery outside Aranda de Duero<\/a>, a very pretty and efficient winery. And that is what they did.<\/p>\n You can watch the video (in Spanish) here.<\/a> ( I apologize because the image is not good but what it is worth is Jos\u00e9\u00b4s \u00a0speech). I also apologize because the conversation is in Spanish. In very clear Spanish.<\/p>\n It looks as if Jos\u00e9 Zapatero had a magic wand by which business in which he gets in, business which becomes a success. But it is not that easy. The secret is to work a lot, to try to do things the best they can, to try to understand what is the name of the game, to try to anticipate changes to come.<\/p>\n The best way to visit this hotel and the whole Ribera del Duero is one our wine day tours to Ribera del Duero from Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n And on this delicate situation of crisis, he decides to invest an important amount of money in creating a thematic wine hotel of 10 rooms and a large restaurant as big as the one they have in Aranda de Duero.<\/p>\n I have been lucky to be at the opening. All the people who are somebody in Aranda de Duero have been in there.<\/p>\n There is a great atmosphere. Everybody is having fun.\u00a0Some pictures of the facilities<\/a><\/p>\n I am amazed by the courage, boldness, and vision of Jos\u00e9 Zapatero to create such an attractive offer in so difficult times.<\/p>\n What profile of clients is he thinking when he makes this investment?. He has not told me but I can understand he finds a global competition and he bets for the good quality and taste and he knows he has to compete with the best wines and wineries<\/a> in the world. He has his winery in one of the nearest places of Ribera del Duero wines<\/a> to Madrid.<\/p>\n Let us remember that<\/strong>\u00a0Ribera del Duero<\/a> is considered one of the best wine regions of the world. So I can understand that El Lagar de Isilla\u00a0is trying to be one of the best or even the best of one of the best regions of the wine world.<\/strong><\/p>\n We go first to the cafeteria and restaurant zone. Now we are seeing plenty of people so the sensation should be different when conditioned for giving service to the clients of the restaurant. But you realize there is a cupula quite nice that allows natural light to get in. This is one of the thousand details you can find on the place<\/p>\n And then we go to see the 23 rooms in the hotel.<\/strong> There are all different. They try to tell 10 different stories about the wine the same way as if you read a book with ten different chapters. And the first thing I feel is that I would like to spend at least one night in each, because each one gives you a different experience.<\/p>\n There is one dedicated to the Duero River, other to the god Bacchus, another to the light, another to the Cid Campeador, another one dedicated to the oak barrel, and at last maybe the most attractive to me that in which is reflected the caves of the original El Lagar de Isilla Winery in the pedestrian zone of Aranda de Duero. Some pictures of the Hotel and the Restaurant.<\/a><\/p>\n All these make me think that this is one of the best hotels in Ribera del Duero.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Everything has been done with a lot of care<\/strong>. That makes me think how much our surrounding influences on our emotions and on us. I am sure that even this post would be much different depending on if I wrote on any of the different rooms they have. (I<\/a>\u00a0wrote it at home).<\/p>\n After having visited all these rooms you feel that it is again Jos\u00e9 who tells us through these rooms the same story he told us 18 months ago in the video you can find at the front of this post. It is the same story but told some other way.<\/p>\n I think El Lagar de \u00a0Isilla Winery made the best decision<\/strong>\u00a0to move to the Vid y Barrios some years ago.<\/p>\n And I think again he is taking the right decision<\/strong>\u00a0when he undertakes the expansion that he is now facing.<\/p>\n I have to tell you that\u00a0I love nice stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n Thank you Jos\u00e9. The story that there is behind all this is very, very nice, and you tell your story wonderfully.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you do not speak Spanish you are going to lose something when listening to Jos\u00e9 but you have an alternative. You can go to El Lagar de Isilla in La Vid y Barrios, near Aranda de Duero in Ribera del Duero and ask Jose Zapatero to tell his story.<\/p>\n By the way. You can enjoy a beautiful wine tasting on the winery, They have a broad alternative of options.<\/p>\n Close to Aranda de Duero<\/p>\n Hotel La Casona in la Vid y Barrios<\/a>\u00a0 The Hotel I was writing about\u00a0<\/p>\n Hotel Torremilanos<\/a><\/p>\n But depending on where you are those other hotels:<\/p>\n Close to Pe\u00f1afiel<\/a><\/p>\n Hotel Convento Las Claras<\/a><\/p>\n Residencia Real Castillo de Curiel<\/a><\/p>\n Close to Valbuena de Duero<\/p>\nA luxury hotel for wine lovers<\/a>. A star hotel.<\/h2>\n
Are you a true wine lover? You can sleep in here inside a barrel of wine.<\/h2>\n
Best hotels of Ribera del Duero<\/h2>\n